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where C and D have meaningful passages, D showing
the significant repetition of forms of the words kongs
s(on), C reads:
vili þier herra G(ibbon) játa mier brautar gaungu j dag
giarna seigir kongs s(on): Ganga þeir nu til siofar:
aa eirni hæd bydr kongrinn hirdinni at bida en þeir
ganga ii saman framm áá eitt nes
D reads:
wilie þierherra Gy: veita mier brautar geinge j dag med
yduarre fylgd giarnann seiger kongsson ganga þeir nv
fram til siofar bydur nu Kollur Maryt kongssyne med
fylgd sinne ad byda j þeim stad ganga þeir nu til siofar
a eytt nes ij samt og h(erra) Gy(bbon).
At a later point of the saga (553) A reads:
sem hann hefir nidr sezt talar hann sva
where C and D have longer passages which are likely
to be nearer the original reading, D showing the
significant repetition of the words talar hann. C reads:
sem hann hefr nidr sest mællti hann til giram sinnar
systr fá mier j hond suerdid jouis og sem hann tekr
vid suerdinu talar hann suo ....
D reads:
sem hann hefur nidur setst talar hann gira seiger hann
fa mier j hond suerdid Jovys og sem hann vidtekr talar
hann so ....
CD, then, do not derive from A; and D, being
independent of C, is important for the establishment
of the early text of Gibbons saga.
Six early manuscripts of the saga have now been
examined. The remaining thirteen — for tbe most
part later — manuscripts will not he treated in detail
here, though a tentative grouping may be made.
The other three pre-1700 manuscripts are all derivat-